Quiz Questions for Panda Books

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At IST, we celebrated International School Library Week from 15 to 22 October. Part of the celebration was a daily quiz, with two questions for each category. I'm posting our questions here and hope others will add more quiz questions.

Younger Readers

  1. What does it say on the last page of All the World?
  2. What does it mean to be “global”? (Read What Does It Mean to be Global.)
    1. being openminded
    2. being curious about other parts of the world
    3. knowing about different people in the world
    4. all of the above
  3. What special language does the gorilla use in Little Beauty?
  4. What is The Lion and the Mouse set?
  5. What do the animals try to get in the Chicken Cheeks?
  6. Mouse and Mole worked together on a research project. What animal did the research?
  7. Is Listen to the Wind a fiction book or a non-fiction book?
  8. In The Book That Eats People, why did the book eat people?
  9. In The Curious Garden, a boy plants a garden. What is the boy's name?
  10. What did Susannah and Amelia wear to school for Picture Day? (Read A Very Big Bunny.)


Middle Readers

  1. List two other books written or illustrated by Ed Young.
  2. What does 'tsunami' mean?
    1. great danger
    2. terrible fire
    3. monster wave
    4. earthquake
  3. What are the names of the brother and sister who were found frozen in Frozen in Time?
  4. How many years were they frozen?
  5. Which Panda Book for Middle Readers is a story of how Muslims rescued Jews during the Holocaust?
  6. Which of the following was NOT a way that Muslim slipped Jews into the mosque basement?
    1. Enter through secret doors into the basement.
    2. Hide a person on a three-wheeled bicycle with a large bin attached to it.
    3. Sneak people into the mosque right before curfew, when the people were distracted by their dinner.
    4. Hide people among empty wine bottles.
  7. In the book In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog, why is the frog named Gorfman T. Frog?
  8. Why is Gorfman T. Frog a special frog?
    1. It has 3 hind legs.
    2. It is super big.
    3. It is poisonous because of pesticide.
    4. It can jump really high.
  9. What does NERDS stand for?
  10. How many super spies are there in this spy network?
    1. 3 spies
    2. 4 spies
    3. 5 spies
    4. 6 spies

Older Readers

  1. Who is the author if Leviathan?
  2. Leviathan is a novel that belongs to a relatively new genre of fiction for young adults. What is the name of this new genre?
    1. gothic horror
    2. science fiction
    3. steampunk
    4. nuclear fusion
  3. If I Had a Hammer is about which charitable organization?
    1. Teens Act for AIDS
    2. Free the Children
    3. UNICEF
    4. Habitat for Humanity

  1. Who is the author of If I Had a Hammer?
  2. What is the title of the Panda Book for Older readers that is written by Rebecca Stead?
  3. In which American city of Stead's novel set?
  4. In Lost Riders, the main character is sold by his uncle in order to become a
    1. camel jockey
    2. servant to a wealthy land owner
    3. coal mine worker
    4. plantation worker
  5. Who is the author of Lost Riders?
  6. Which of the Panda Books for Older readers features a young woman named Auden?
  7. Which of the Panda Books for Older readers is a graphic novel?

Mature Readers

  1. Who is the author of The Demon's Lexicon?
  2. The Demon's Lexicon is about
    1. two brothers with a crazy mother who are being hunted by an evil sorcerer
    2. two sisters with a crazy father who are being hunted by an evil sorcerer
    3. two brothers who are hunting an evil sorcerer
    4. a brother and a sister who are hunting an evil sorcerer
  3. Twenty Chickens for a Saddle was written by Robyn Scott. She tells about her childhood in Africa. This type of book is called
    1. a fairy tale
    2. a memoir
    3. historical fiction
    4. an encyclopedia
  4. Which two African countries are the setting for Twenty Chickens for a Saddle?
  5. Which Panda Book for Mature Readers is about the search for a 20th century English explorer who disappeared in the Amazon jungle?
  6. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is
    1. a retelling of the Greek myth of Icarus
    2. a non-fiction book about gliders made out of household materials
    3. a fairy tale about a boy who learns to fly using paper wings
    4. a non-fiction book about a boy who uses old bicycle parts to build a windmill
  7. What country is the setting for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind?